Final Results
Dec 29, 07 - 19:00

Redmen 7 - Serbian Selects (at Belgrade, Serbia) 3
Vojvodina Intl Celebration of Hockey Tournament -- Non-conference Game

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

BELGRADE, Serbia – Seven different players scored for McGill as the Redmen defeated a team of Serbian Selects 7-3 in the opening game of the Vojvodina International Celebration of Hockey Tournament at Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Saturday.

Back-up netminder Jake Jarvis, a junior from Toronto made 15 saves in a rare start, to register his first career victory in a McGill jersey as the Redmen outshot their hosts by a 23-18 margin.

McGill, playing their first game in 28 days as a result of the end of semester exam break, got goals from Chris Churchill-Smith, Sam Bloom, freshman Simon Courcelles, Eric L’Italien (game-winner; shorthanded), Mathieu Leclerc (power play), defenceman Ken Morin and Jeremy Burgess.

After a shaky first period, Jarvis appeared to gain confidence as the game wore on, coming up with a number of key saves. Fortunately, one puck which he didn’t have to stop, was at the 2:13 mark of the second period when a total power failure occurred, just after a blistering slapshot was unleashed from the blueline. As the arena fell into complete darkness, McGill defenceman Ben Gazdic, a sophomore from Toronto, blocked the shot blindly. “I saw the guy shoot, then everything went black,” said Jarvis. For a brief second, I thought that I had passed out.”

“It was fun... nice to get my first win but it doesn’t compare,” said the 20-year-old management junior. selected as the game’s first star, when asked how it compared to seeing the Led Zeppelin reunion tour live in England a few weeks ago. “I have to admit that the show was way better.”

Jarvis was one of 20,000 fans worldwide to win a lottery for the right to purchase tickets -- at $250 each -- to see the legendary rock band play a concert which drew rave reviews from the music critics, at London’s O2 Arena on Dec. 10. Over one million fans had entered the lottery and Jarvis spent $1,000, including airfare, hotel and meals, to see the event live between two of his final exams which were scheduled around the extravaganza.

“I wrote one exam on Dec. 7, attended the Redmen team Christmas party on the eighth, flew to London on the ninth, saw the concert on the 10th and flew back to Montreal the next day, in time for my exam on Dec. 12,” said the Zeppelin fanatic, who once bought a similar guitar to the one used by lead guitarist Jimmy Page.

The Redmen will play another Serbian all-star team on Sunday in Novi Sad, the country’s second-largest city and capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The five-team tournament, which is being co-hosted by four cities over a seven-day period, them moves to Hungary.

GAME NOTES: The Serbian Selects featured former McGill rearguard Daniel Jacob in their lineup... The team, a selection of key Serbian players earmarked for the IIHF World Group B Championship tourney in Romania next spring, and imports from the Serbian league, was coached by Toronto native Mike Brewer, son of former NHL defenceman Carl Brewer. His assistant coach was Fred Perowne, orginally from Sherbrooke and a son of former Montreal Alouettes player Ron Perowne, Jr., who’s father was inducted to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 7 at Serbian Selects 3
- Dec 29, 2007 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Chris Churchill-Smith (B. Arsenault) 2:01
2. McGill, Sam Bloom (S. Shewchuk, Y. Turcotte) 10:38
3. Serbia, Branko Mamic (Dimitrije Nadaski) 13:55
4. Serbia, Ivan Tumbas (Predston Cicchine) 15:49

Penalties -
Marko Sretovic, SERBIA (tripping), 4:40
Bojan Jankovic, SERBIA (hooking), 5:06
Y. Turcotte, McG (kneeing, 10-min. misconduct) 13:00
K. Morin McG (interference) 17:56

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
5. McGill, Simon Courcelles (S. Bloom) 1:55
6. McGill, Eric L’Italien (unassisted) 6:23 (SH)
7. McGill, Mathieu Leclerc (S. Shewchuk, C. Churchill-Smith) 9:06 (PP)
8. McGill, Ken Morin (G. Demers) 16:56

Penalties -
D. Urquhart McG (delay of game) 5:25,
Predston Cicchine SERBIA (holding) 7:48,
Bojan Jankovic, SERBIA (delay of game) 8:43
Branko Mamic, SERBIA (cross-checking) 10:33

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
9. Serbia, Ryan Robin (unassisted) 3:10
10. McGill, Vincent Lambert (S. Marcotte) 4:58

Penalties -
Marc-Andre Furnier, SERBIA (holding) 11:56
Marc-Andre Furnier, SERBIA (hooking) 17:29

GOALTENDERS
McGill
Jake Jarvis [W], 60:00, 15 SV, 3GA

Serbia Selects
Milan Lukovic [L; start], 33:45, 8 SV, 5 GA
Fedor Aranicki (26:15, 7 SV, 3 GA)

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 4 11 8 -- 23
SERB: 9 4 5 -- 18

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 2 4 1 -- 7
SERB: 2 0 1 -- 3

POWERPLAY CONVERSIONS:
MCG: 1-7 (+ one SHG for)
SERB: 2-4.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
MCG: 5-21.
SERB: 7-14.

Start : 5:03

End : 7:15

Attendance : 500

Referee: Milan Dimanic

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
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1. Jake Jarvis, McGill
2. Chris Churchill-Smith, McGill
3. Marko Kovacevic, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Mathieu Poitras (dressed but DNP)
G Jean-Michel Filiatrault (injd)
D Erik Stilling (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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